 What Happiness Policy Is Appropriate?Chapter Chapter 7 in Economics of Happiness, 2018, pp 33-39 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Happiness may not be the only goal of human beings. Personal development, virtue, fairness, companionship, freedom, and solidarity may also matter. The political process should provide everybody the opportunity to find his or her own way to reach happiness. At the constitutional level, citizens appreciate increased political participation rights in the form of popular initiatives and referendums in which issues of content are decided. They prefer a federal political organization in which local units have extensive decision rights about both expenditures and taxes. In current politics, citizens can urge politicians and public officials to follow the insights gained in happiness research. Important areas include, for instance, the job market and economic growth, income inequality, independence, voluntary work and donations, social relationships, education, and liveable cities. Politicians can discuss the proposals with the population, and if supported, put them into practice. Keywords: Human goals; Freedom; Solidarity; Constitution; Institutions; Direct participation rights; Popular initiatives; Referendums; Federalism; Current policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-3-319-75807-7_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75807-7_7 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in SpringerBriefs in Economics from Springer |
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